Debra Holley is a Principal at Holley Consulting Group. Colleagues describe her as "Dr. Holley is a rare combination of class and competence in higher education. She gives her subordinates the space and resources needed to achieve more and grow professionally. Dr. Holley has a sharp eye for quality and is quick to point out the best elements of projects and what is likely to appeal to DCC's current and prospective student base. She allows her team to take creative approaches to challenges and readily praises them for producing extraordinary yields. I enjoy working under her administration." and "Debra Holley is far more than an Associate Dean with Wilson Community College- she in an integral member of a team that leads faculty and staff to think innovatively, to carry out forward-moving and data-driven strategies, and to enhance the experience of every students at the College. Debra possesses strongly-established and ever-evolving educational leadership and administration skills which are evident in everything she accomplishes for herself personally, for our faculty, and even more so for our students. She is a well-connected member of the education community who dedicates her professional life to the betterment of the lives she touches directly by cultivating higher-level skills and exposure of material as well as implementation and application of each. Her impact is far reaching in that she also enhances familial increase and generational development through her efforts. Debra is a key member of Wilson Community College’s “family” and would be a true any well-functioning educational system!"